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Chapter 2
Chapter 2
An Example could be a
person choosing to go
for a walk in the park.
KINDS OF HUMAN ACTS
• ELICITED ACTS
- are those performed by the will and are not bodily
externalized.
• COMMANDED ACTS
- Are those done either by man's mental or bodily powers
under the command of the will.
-Can either be internal or external actions.
TYPES OF ELICITED ACTS
• WISH-The simple love of anything.
• INTENTION-The purposive tendency of the will towards a
thing.
• CONSENT-The acceptance by the will of the mean
necessary to carry out intention.
• ELECTION-The selection by the will of the precise means
to be employed in carrying out an intention.
• USE-The employment by the will of powers to Carry out its
intention by the means elected.
• FRUITION-The enjoy bent of a thing willed and done
TYPES OF COMMANDED ACTS
• INTERNAL - Performed in the mind.
• EXTERNAL - Performed through the body.
• MIXED - Simultaneously performed by both mind and
body.
NORM OF MORALITY
- the standard of right and wrong in human actions
IMMORAL ACTIONS
- actions which are not in conform- mity with the norm of
morality.
- They are bad or evil and not permissible.
Examples: committing murder, adultery, stealing, telling lies
AMORAL ACTIONS
- action which stand neutral in relation to the norm of
morality.
-They are neither good nor bad in themselves.
Examples: playing basketball is an amoral act, but playing
basketball when one is supposed to be attending a class is
wrong. Playing basketball out of sense of duty to the team
is good.
The Imputability of human acts
- means that the person performing the acts is liable of
such acts. It involves the notion of guilt or innocence. Thus actions
are either praiseworthy or blameworthy.